When Barbara Calamini, PhD ’07, medicinal chemistry, met patients facing Huntington’s disease, she knew how she wanted to devote her professional life: seeking badly needed treatments for such destructive neurodegenerative diseases.
Thriving in the heart of a big city, UIC has the advantage of proximity to top-notch institutions in its own backyard. One such connection that is essential to both institutions is with Rush University.
With the addition of six new concentrations to its heralded PharmD program, the UIC College of Pharmacy is unlocking new opportunities for its students and strengthening its profile as one of the nation’s premier colleges of pharmacy.
Paul Carlier is the new director of UICentre, UIC's campus-wide drug discovery initiative that supports translational, "bench to bedside" scientific research. He also joins the college's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences as professor.
The UIC Office of Global Engagement has named Brian T. Murphy, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, as the inaugural winner of the Global Engagement Faculty Award in honor of his international research and collaboration.
The UIC College of Pharmacy has moved up two spots to #7 in the national rankings for total research funding, according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). The college had a record year of $24.5 million in funding.
